Bug#399292: mplayer: MPlayer rc1 can't be properly scaled by WM on start

[Reinhard Tartler]

reassign 399292 mplayer,kwin
severity 399292 minor
tags 399292 upstream,help
thanks

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 03:04:08 (CEST), Alexander Dorokhine wrote:
> Sorry, there is a misunderstanding regarding what is working. Scaling works
> fine as long as it is done after the movie starts.
>
> If I start mplayer, and then click the 'maximise' button on the window, it
> maximises just fine.

Oh, I must have missed that.

> However, if I configure my window manager (kwin) to automatically maximise
> mplayer windows on start, they are not maximised, but instead snap back to
> the default size when the movie starts.

This indicates an interaction issue. I cannot test this myself as my
window manager (metacity) doesn't support this. Is there a simpler
testcase other than running kwin to test this functionality? If not, I
fear some kwin expert needs to have a look at the mplayer source code
and write a patch.

Please note that I've co-assigned it to the kwin package, that has been
removed from stable. I reckon that kwin has been merged to some other
package, please reassign as appropriate if you know what package that is.

> A long long time ago, this used to work properly.

Hm, interesting.

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